Hi Guys,

It is me Millie;

I have taken over again as Mum and Dad were getting a bit maudlin with the last blog and I am not having any of that, so I gave them a squeak and a look (this look)  and they couldn’t resist me.

You wouldn’t believe what I had to put up with on the way here, they were both singing this crazy song over and over again, until I could have squeaked with despair!

It went like this;

Squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak hills

Squeak squeak squeak squeak dakota

Squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak love

I hope all my four legged friends are reading this and squeaking along with me.

Where was I? – Oh yes, doing the next (more cheerful) bit of the blog.

Well we got here after a long drive, I don’t know how far, Dad didn’t say, but it was three snoozes long, however far that is.

We set the RV up, well Mum and Dad did, I just supervised to make sure it was done right – it was, they are getting the hang of it now with my expert guidance.

The first thing that caught Mum’s eye was an Indian music and dance event that evening, she has a thing about Traditional Indian Dancing, don’t ask me why because I don’t know.

Well we all had tea and Mum and Dad went off, they asked me to come but I said no, all that drum beating gets on my nerves.

As usual when they came home I had to relive the whole thing until my ears ached.

Oh, sorry, I forgot to say that they came back with a CD and couldn’t stop playing the music all night – Grrrrr

Although I have to admit that the pictures they took were pretty good, here are just a few of them

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The next morning we all piled into the car to go exploring the area and ended up driving around a wildlife sanctuary, why they want to see all these scary big creatures baffles me.

Where was I? – Oh yes telling you about scary creatures

There were some deer, which is not so bad and then they drove straight into the big Bear enclosure, even though I squeaked “Turn Around”, “Turn Around”, in the loudest squeak I could.

But they just kept driving, well Mum did, Dad was just encouraging her – Grrr.

Just look at some of the scary things we saw, well Mum and Dad did, after they kept driving, I kept my head down, I didn’t want to end up as dinner for a hungry bear!

 

 

Once they had had their fill of that – phew – we drove on.

You just wouldn’t believe what we saw next, somebody had made some faces on a mountain, they looked quite real, but Mum and Dad said they were stone carvings of Dead Presidents (whatever that is), but here we go again, this fascination Mum and Dad have with dead people, I just don’t understand it.

I wonder if it is all humans or just my Mum and Dad, I will have to ask my four legged friends when I get home!

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I have to admit that when Mum and Dad told me they were not real people, I was very impressed that someone could chop stone that well, I mean it is very hard stuff, I know I thought it was a treat once and tried chewing some, never again!

You could even see them from miles away as well as close up!

 

Where was I? – Oh yes, telling you about dead people on a rock.

Well we drove on and turned around a corner and would you believe it, there was another one, this time Mum said it was a carving of Crazy Horse, well, all I can say is that the name suits him if he wants to be made of stone.

This is what he looks like now and what he will look like when he is finished!

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When we had stopped and stared at it for what felt like ages, we drove on, driving through the towns of Keystone and Hill City and back to the RV – not sure about Mum and Dad, but I was exhausted, with all the driving, the stopping and starting and the Ohhhing and Arrring, I couldn’t sleep a wink in the car and was glad to get back to home, I mean the RV.

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Next morning we were up and out at the crack of dawn, well about 9, which felt like the crack of dawn to me!

This time Dad said we were going to the Custer State park and around the ‘Wildlife Loop’ (here we go again, what is it with them and ‘wild’ animals?), well we drove through Hill City again and out into the Black Hills (that’s what these hills around here are called).

Once again we had Mum and Dad, Ohhing and Arring about the scenery (they are easily pleased that’s all I can say!)

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Then we drove on into the State Park, with Mum driving and Dads head on a swivel, you wouldn’t believe how fast he can swivel it as he looks both ways at the same time to try and see ‘wild animals’.

Mind, he is pretty good at spotting them, it’s just that by the time he sees them, Mum has usually driven past and Dad has missed the picture he is trying to take.

It is quite funny really listening to Dad saying to Mum, “slow down – damn, missed it” and Mum saying “I can’t stop on a sixpence (whatever that is), the car behind will run into me”

 

Then a bit further into the park we came upon a huge herd of Buffalo, they were running across this meadow and straight across the road, in front of the cars.

Even I thought it was exciting and I wanted to jump out of the car and chase them, but Mum wouldn’t let me, she said that they were too big to hunt on my own and that I would need my pack – I ask you!

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Perhaps one day I can bring all my four legged friends back and we can hunt the Buffalo, I will have to watch how Dad drives this RV so that I can do it, if I can get to grips with writing these blogs I am sure I could drive the RV – Mmmm!

Off tomorrow to somewhere called the ‘Badlands’, I don’t like the sound of that, so I will be watching through my window as we go to make sure that we don’t get in any trouble and if I don’t like the look of the place we are not stopping!

Bye for now, your friend Millie x